Social Life

Marriage is a complex issue. Poverty, lack of education, cultural practices, and insecurity fuel and sustain the practice. But drivers will vary from one community to the next and the practice may look different across regions and countries, even within the same country More than half of girls from the poorest families in the developing countries like Pakistan are married as children. Where poverty is acute, families and sometimes girls themselves believe that marriage will be a solution to secure their future. In many communities where marriage is practiced, girls are not valued as much as boys - they are seen as a burden on their family.
Marrying your daughter without education or any skill can be viewed as a way to ease economic hardship by transferring this 'burden' to her husband's family. Women's empowerment and protection assures women's to learn to fend for yourself in the real world if you want to avoid being taken advantage of. You must learn how to stand up for yourself at school, at work, and in your social life, by making them strong, giving them protection and helping in marriage.